Mop-wringer.



W. FROHNE.

MOP WRINGER.

APPLICATION men APR. l8, 1914. Patefited Feb. 8,1916

2 SHEETS-.SHEEI I.

THECOLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60.. WASHINGTON, D. c

W. FROHNE.

MOP WRINGER. I APPLICATION FILED APR.18, I914.

Patented Feb. 8,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

THE COLUMBM PLANOGRAPH. co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

WILLIAM, menus,"orciNciNNArI, onto. 1

nvests; I

To all whomz'tmay concern:

'Beit known that '1,- WVILLI M Fit onus, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the countyof Hamilton and State of Ohio, haveinventednew "and useful Iniprovernents in Mop vvringers', of which the"following is a specification;

Thepresentinventlon relates to improveprove theexisting art by providingan apparatus of this class havlng rollers arranged upon hinged coversectionsin such :a manf nor that the same Wlll effectively engagewiththe mop when the same s arranged" therebetween and moved inavertical'direction to wring thewater fromthe mop, the

ranged within the device to catchthe water said hinged cover;sectionsbeing separated by a pull in opposite angular directions only i for theinsertion of, the mop between the rollers, or the removal ofaereceptaclearwrung by therollers from the mop. Another object ofthe invention is topropensed with. y

i Withtheabove and other objects inview, the improvement; resides-in theconstruc- "tion, combination and arrangement o'f parts set forth-in thefollowing specification and falling within the scope of the appendedclaims. v i

In the drawings 5 Figure 1 is a perspectiv vlew of a Wringer constructedin: accorda ance withthepresent invention, Fig. 21s a position,

transverse sectional view illustrating the hinged cover sections; swungtoan open p09 sition toperrnit of the insertion or removal of thebucketas well as the arrangement of), v the mopbetweenthe rollers,Figi3'isa sirnii lar sectional view showingthel hinged cover sections ofthe same swung to permit otthe insertion of themop between: therollers,y a aswill hereinafter beapparent. Theend lt is formed with an elongatedlongitudi "nally extending opening 18 which serves as Fig: 4:1. is;similar sectional view but show; ing the niop gripped'between therollers, and Fig. dis a top planview of thedevice showing the hingedcover sections in an'ope n -lteferring'now tothe drawingsin detail,

"the numeral l'designates a receptacle which,

u, V A yond the sides and ends to provide what in the formillustratedbythe drawings, is

vide awringer wherein the employment of springsor ad usting'elements 1sentirely disreceptacle.

Patented Feb.8,19il6.

may be termed a 1 horizontal flange and which may receive the weight oftlie operator 3 wh'en hisdt'eet arepositioned upon the said Ifiangeduring the operation of extracting ythe excess iwater from the inop.Thesides 2,

have their upper edges arranged flush with the-upper edge of the end 8for? approxirnately one-half ofthe length of the said 'Inents inwringing devicesfor mops or they m likeythe object being to simplifyand: ime

sides, the said upper edges being indicated as indicated by thenumeral8. The top of with a pair of hinged cover sections inthe natureofboX-like covers which areindicated by the numerals 9 and 10'respectively.

the receptaclel is provided 1 The cover section 9 is hingedly connectedwiththe side 3 ofathe receptacle, as at 11,

it while thecoversection 10 is, hinged to the ende, as at12. "Thecoversection 9 includes sides 13 andan end 14:. The lower edges of thesides and" ends are parallel with the 1 upper edges thereof, .the endbeing of a length equaling that of the end 3 of the receptacle, whilethe lower edges of the sides yare of alength equaling that of thehorizon- .tzillystraight upperedgesfiiof the sides 2 Thesides 13 havetheir "forward edges formed with ton-gi'ies 15,

of the receptacle.

which are provided by beveling the outer faces of the said sides fromthe lower edges parallel with the end l l of the said cover section; 1

thereof to the vertically straight edge 16 o1?-v the said sidesyor theedge which is arranged member, which is secured to both the sides? 13and .tlieend 14 of the top'of the cover section Qand to the outer edgethereof, the

said rectangular member serving as a wiper,

a hand grip whereby themeinberfi may be loo prises sides 19 and an end20, the endjbeing "are width corresponding with thewidth of the end t ofthe receptacle 1, and 1t Wlll be 1 noted'that its hinges 12 are arrangedupon the receptaclea distance below the hinges .11, Which connect thecover section ,9 with the same.

the receptacle. The end 20 is provided with an elongated longitudinallyextending opening' 21 similar to the opening 18 and-whichi serves as ahand grip for swinging the sec tion toward the receptacle or away-fromzontally straight, as at 22, the said portions resting upon the straightportions 7 in the :1 and the-said loweredge' of thevsides' 19 is beveledor inclined, as at 23, torest. upon upper-edge of; the sides 20f thereceptacle the inclined upper edges 8 of the sides 2.

. 13: of, thecover section 9. The upper edges x-Of the sidesta'nd endofjthe cover section 10 j are-disposed in the same plane as the upperedges of the sides and end of the cover sec- "tion 9, but the said upperedges of the sides 19, at a suitable distance from the meeting edges ofthe sides are beveled downwardly,

as at-26, and from thence are beveledup:

Wardly in an outward direction, asf'at 27,

a plate being arrangedupon the respective Q beveled walls, the platebeing bent to, 'form -portionand "adapted to rest-upon the y portions'29 and 30 which, conformfto a the beveled portions 26 and 27respectively.

The end 31 of: the plate adjacent the portion 30. thereof is bent out ofthe plane of the upper edges of the sides 19 and endQOand the oppositeend 32 is bent and adapted to rest ,onthe upperedges of. thesides 19.This j. platet32 serves as a wiper, as will herein- 7,

'- after'ibe more fullywset forth, while the an I gular depressedportionsj29 and 30 providedq bythe plate serve as a rest for the headof.

arnop when the mop proper is passed over '1 the wiper 32 and arrangedwithin'the revceptacle or Iwhen'the' said mop is within the receptacle,or whenithe said mop is disposed; between the wringer. rollers carriedby the :cover secti0ns-9 an'd .10', as'will- 'now be",

4 descrihedfyfl ,1 i J li The rollersare indicated by the. numerals}33"and 34"respectively,both of the sa'me be",

ingot a similar size and each having its ends provided with trunnions 35and 36 re--' spectiyelmthe trunnions 35, of the rollers 33 passingthrough suitable openings formed Y in the sides 13 of the cover section9 adjacent. "wtheinner-'1uppericorner thereof, the-trunnions 36 of theroller 34 likewise finding} a, bearings in openings formed in thesides19 0f the cover section 10 and arranged adja-j cent the innercornersthereof. The rollers' "33 and 34: are thus arranged parallel andsuitably spaced to allowamop tobedrawn v The sides; at their connectionwlth the end 20 have their lower edgeshor'ibassine am will ite netd thatby *swinging the sections 9 and 10m an open Y ancee, the-inop-inay bereadily arranged betweenthe rollers and compressed;therebyi i, that byinclining the mop the same maybe deposited withina bucket or'sirnilaruten sil '37 wliich is arranged within thefreee ptaclel :tor suchapurpose. a, It will be, further noted that by inclining theymop the samemay-be brought over either. of -tl1 e scrapers! or pressed it'roin.v thesame byth'e rollers, orF 1 or; other substances collected by the mopi;"v Secured upon-the? innerlifac'e of each of the sides 19 of thecoyer'sec'tion10,and'disposed thereon approXirnatelyin-fa' line ;,With

the juncture of the, walls and 24s1of the erative position as "shown inFigsQ1,f3 anda t,

By virtue of the hooks andfstuds thcfout 1 W s n n m vem t "o esevertionsQ, and lOwill be limited whengdrawe uptoplace'the mop betweentherollers 345 and 35.

1] when it is, desired to inerely; remove the "dirt said sides, arehorizontally extending rods 38 and; 39; respectively, theisaid rodshaying? the upper edges of 'thjei-r portions which ex a tend beyond the"CONE-1T section 10 curved downwardly and terminatinginan upset or"angular portion tojproyide books 40. 'llhe 5 :sides 113fotthe coerrsection 9, adjacent the tongues 15-, are provided with laterallyz ex-*tfifiding studs or, eil which are adapted to bear upon 'the inclined'orrouncled upper edges of th bodiesofthe hooks 38 and when the coversections. 9: and 10. are in op :Wh'en a: is: desired to ewnig thesections a 9 and' 10'to their fully open position, after the same havebeen partially-opened, as just, v described," and retained"againstmfurthef openingby the contacting-of thehooks with the pins, itis merely necessary-t0 re-g lease the pressure upon the member 10,*.a1-l

"lowingjthe same to dropto bring the offset;

'110 1 then i the sections-.j may be indepe dently y swung to bringtheirendoportions 14"and 20jrespectively against theendsB and 4 ,of

portionsorthooks proper, below the pins;

the receptacle.

thoroughly eificient' device for the purpose designed, wherein hthe;"employment sprlngs or analogous devlces "for forcing the rollers towardeach other, is entirely, dis-t drawing the-mop over the said wipers, and

also that I have constructedthetop of the section 10' to form arestforthe head ot-the mop-when the mop is not required .for i n m a@130 mediate use;

.i:F om he abo scriptioata i in 061 3 nection with the drawings, itwill-be noted that have proyided; simpleycheap and, V

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. Ina device of the class described, a re-- ceptaclehaving rectangularends and adapt-v ed to receive a pail, a cover section includlng an endhinged to one endof the receptaale and sides resting upon the upper sideV Copiesof this patent may be obtained for sections, said rollersbeingadjacent and disposed in parallel relation, hooks securedto the innerfaces of the sides of one of the cover sections and extending along thesides of the other cover section, and pins extending laterally from theinner faces of the sides of the second mentioned cover section andbearing upon the extending portions of the rods.

25A substantially rectangular receptacle having an opened top, a coversection hava ing sides and an end restingupon theupper edges of thereceptacle at one end thereof, the sides of said coversection having attheir inner edges portions which are inclined upwardly from the lowerends thereof to provide the same with tongues, a roller trunnionedbetweenthe sides of the cover section, pins disposed below the rollerporjecting laterally from the sides, a top plate arranged adjacent theroller, a hingeconnection between the end of the cover section and theend of thereceptacle, a second cover section comprising sides and anend, a hinge, connection between the end and the second end of thereceptacle, said sides at their inner ends being inclined to providerecesses for the reception of the tongues of the first mentionedcoversection, a roller trunnioned between the sides of the second mentionedcover section and parallel with the roller of the first mentioned coversection, longitudinally extending rods secured a to thesides ofthesecond mentioned cover section and provided with extending endstermlnating 1n hooks,sa1d rods contacting V with the laterally extendingpins on the first mentioned cover section, and a plate disposed upon thetop of the second mentioned cover section adjacent its roller.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM FROHNE.

Witnesses: I

HERMAN BAEHEN, EDW. HAUENSCHILD.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. O. r

